CHAPTER NINE, A BIT OF JOY

 

"Why did you give her so much money?" Mylar asked as they got into his car, he turned towards her and replied.

"I wanted to stop her from wasting any more of our time and that money wasn't even much. Mylar and Vida's eyes opened wide at what he said, Vida remarked.

"Not too much, that money would be enough to last me for two years and I know it even without counting it." Elio smiled at her remark, which was indeed true but not in his case, he has more than enough. He's a fucking billionaire.

"We are here," Elio announced as they got down from the car, Mylar and Vida giggled, of course, they know that they have arrived.

They all went in and were met by Miss Emelda and a few other staff halfway in, they welcomed Mylar to the Wylder's Mansion in a respectful way and went outside to bring her luggage in while Mylar, Elio, and Vida continued into the house.

On getting outside to bring in the luggages, Miss Emelda was surprised by what she saw, Mylar only brought a small box and two leather bags containing some kinds of stuff.

"I even have more luggage than her." Miss Emelda remarked and laughed, the staffs were also surprised to see that Mr. Camilo's wife-to-be didn't have more than one box to bring into her new home.

They met everyone seated waiting for them to come in as they got inside, Mylar and Vida greeted everyone politely. Mrs. Camila jumped up from where she sat, with the brightest smile on her face when she saw Mylar, she ran towards Mylar. 

"You are finally here, I've been waiting since morning for you to come. I made you different kinds of foods." She said excitingly after hugging Mylar.

"How sweet, she made her food and wouldn't allow us to eat," Camilo murmured sarcastically. 

"Thank you, Mrs Camila," Mylar said to her and Mrs Camila gasped at what she said.

"Mrs! No I am not Mrs. I am like your mom, you should see me as your mom and call me mom." 

When she said this, Mylar was moved to tears and tiny drops came running down her eyes.

"Did I say something wrong dear?" Mrs Camila asked concerned that she might have hurt her. Mylar wiped the tears off her face, she smiled and then replied to her.

"I have never had the opportunity to call someone mom. My mom abandoned me when I was just three years old, I was raised in an orphanage." Mrs. Camila felt sorry for her and gave her a warm and comforting hug. Elio was also feeling sad for her, he could relate with her because he has the same problem and is no different from her. He has a mom and yet he feels like an orphan. Mr. Julian interrupted the emotional moment by saying to Mylar.

"You will be sharing a room with Camilo." Camilo's eyes almost fell out of their sockets from hearing what his dad said, he immediately started protesting.

"Dad, that's not gonna be possible. I don't want to be in a room with her, c'mon dad, don't do this to me. Don't do this to your son." 

"Whatever I say in this house, is always final and you know that your complaint is useless so just follow my order. Don't worry, I am sure that you will get used to it." Mr. Julian said and went out of the sitting room. Camilo couldn't agree to this and so he went after Mr. Julian.

"Dad! You really can't do this to me." Camilo called out. His dad stopped in his tracks and turned around with a stern look then spoke bluntly to Camilo.

"I can do whatever I want and If you don't want to be in the same room with her then I wouldn't mind you leaving my house but remember that if you do leave my house, I will send her along with you because she is your responsibility and you will have no choice but to take care of her and her child because I will expose you to the entire world if you don't. She staying in your room is your punishment for disgracing our family and for the insults I will have to endure from your grandmother when she finds out about what you did and I know that she will, find out. You made a mistake, now face the brunt." 

Camilo couldn't say anything else, he turned and went back inside the house. Julian got into his and drove out of the house.

When he got back in, they were already at the dining table and Mrs Camila was dishing out their food. He wanted to go as far away as he could from all of them but his grumbling stomach wouldn't allow him. So he went to the dining table and sat two chairs away from his mom and from the others, they looked at him surreptitiously and said nothing.

Mrs. Camila dished out his food as well and went back to her seat. Camilo started eating hurriedly so that he could finish quickly and leave the table.

"Eat slowly, my dear." Mrs. Camila said to him, seeing how he was eating, she was afraid that he might choke. He looked at her with a don't tell me what to do reaction on his face and continued eating. Elio wished he could get up, go to Camilo and punch him so hard that all his teeth will fly out.

"I will get you a great book to read that is called, what to expect when you are expecting." Mrs. Camila said excitingly.

"What to expect when you are expecting?" Mylar asked and Mrs Camila explained.

"Yes, it helps you in the process of your pregnancy, there are hints, advice, questions, and answers just for you. I use to read it when I was pregnant with Camilo."  

"What about when you are pregnant with me," Elio asked in a joking way but in his mind, he knew that he wasn't joking at all.

Camilo got up and precipitously left the dining table, he didn't like it when his mom talks about him.

"She will start by talking about good things and later on change back into her crazy ways saying something about, I saved my son, he was burning inside the car, oh Camilo my dear son." Camilo thought to himself.

"Nanny Emelda, have you taken Mylar's stuff to the room?" Elio asked Miss Emelda as she walked in holding a briefcase. She smiled falsely and replied. "Yes sir." She looked at Mylar menacingly and went on her way. 

"You go to your room and take a siesta, sister-in-law," Elio said and laughed at his own words.

"Gosh, that sounds so weird," Elio said out loud. "I will make sure to drop your friend at her house, so go to your and take a nap." Said Elio to Mylar as he saw her stretch her arms a little. 

Mylar nodded in agreement, she was indeed already feeling tired. She said goodbye to Vida and hugged her, then she excused herself and went upstairs after Elio directed her to the room.

Elio and Vida left the dining room and went outside to the car after they finished eating, Elio being a gentleman always open the door for Vida who keeps falling more and more in love whenever Elio does something for her, he got into the car and drove away.

On getting to the door, she knocked gently for a while, there was a cracking sound and the door opened. Camilo looked at her with awe and then disgustingly,  before he could open his mouth to speak, something furry jumped out of the room and onto Mylar's body.

Woah!!! Mylar cried out.

"It's so cute.... cute, cute, cute," Mylar said happily as she petted the chin and neck of the little white Akita breed dog.

"Stop touching him. He doesn't belong to you, he is mine, just like how this room and the entire house is mine, so go away I say." Camilo said to Mylar trying to chase her away. Mylar stopped playing with the dog and listened to what he was saying, it made no sense, why would he ask her to stop playing with a friendly dog? Camilo ordered the dog to leave her alone.

"Hugo, go back inside now. Stay away from that woman, she is dangerous."

Mylar started laughing uncontrollably and Camilo heard her say.

"Your dog's name is Hugo?"

"Don't make fun of it, Hugo Sanchez was a famous football player, I was his fan. I mean, I am still his fan." Camilo replied feeling a bit embarrassed. He called out to his dog again but he didn't want to stay away from Mylar and so he ignored him, Camilo gave up and went inside leaving the door open.

"What are you doing?" Camilo asked when he saw Mylar rearranging and refolding his clothes. She turned and replied to him.

"I am trying to create a space for myself in your overcrowded closet." 

"Don't even try it, that closet is mine." Camilo threatened.

"Why do you keep saying that everything is yours? What do I do about that, should I place my clothes on your head?" Mylar asked and threw the clothes she was holding at him, she was getting furious and she couldn't understand why, lately she's had been having difficulty in controlling her emotions and she has also been having mood swings.

Seeing how she reacted to the stupid thing he said, he said to her just to save himself in case she wanted to throw any other thing at him.

"Jesus!! You didn't have to act crazy, I was just joking with you." 

She relaxed but suddenly felt the need to cry, she became so sad that she started crying. Camilo watched her in awe as she kept crying, he got up, went to her, and tried consoling her.

"Stop saying things that will make me sad." She said and squeezed her face even more as she continued crying. 

Elio got down from the car and went to open the door for Vida but she already came out of the car herself before he came around.

"I would have opened the door for you," Elio said as he got to where he stood. Vida smiled and said to him.

"You don't have to do that every time, I know how sweet you are even without you doing any of that." 

He felt happy by her nice compliment, he went closer to her and gave her a peck on her right cheek, his soft warm lips sent a magical electrifying feeling into her body and she blushed, smiling shyly. He turned to go back into his car when she stopped him with the question she asked.

"Hey! Does this mean we are now friends?"

He turned back to her and replied with one of his heartwarming smiles.

"Definitely." After saying this, he went into his car and drove away. She stood there moving her hand on the cheek he kissed and kept on smiling.